xot
Catalan
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Onomatopoeic.
Noun
xot m (plural xots)
- a scops owl (owl of the genus Otus), especially the Eurasian scops owl (Otus scops)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Onomatopoeic.
Noun
xot m (plural xots, feminine xota, feminine plural xotes)
Etymology 3
Borrowed from French chott, from Arabic شَطّ (šaṭṭ).
Noun
xot m (plural xots)
Etymology 4
Noun
xot m (plural xots)
- (Valencia, Balearic) indentation (caused by an impact of one object on another)
Further reading
- “xot”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “xot”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “xot” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.